No. 310 in Dutch
kilometer
A unit of measurement equal to 1,000 meters.
In a sentence
Ik loop elke ochtend drie kilometer langs de rivier.
I walk three kilometers along the river every morning.
Here, 'kilometer' is used as a measure of distance, indicating the length of the path walked.
De snelheidslimiet op deze weg is honderd kilometer per uur.
The speed limit on this road is one hundred kilometers per hour.
In this sentence, 'kilometer' indicates a speed limit measured in kilometers per hour, showing a rate of distance over time.
We zijn al vijf kilometer verwijderd van onze bestemming.
We are already five kilometers away from our destination.
Here, 'kilometer' measures the distance between the current location and the destination.
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